Locations of the Winter Olympic Games

The Winter Olympics have been held in the following years at the following locations:

  • 1924 – Chamonix, France
  • 1928 – Saint Moritz, Switzerland
  • 1932 – Lake Placid, United States
  • 1936 – Garmisch, Germany
  • 1940, 1944 – Games not held (World War II)
  • 1948 – Saint Moritz, Switzerland
  • 1952 – Oslo, Norway
  • 1956 – Cortina, Italy
  • 1960 – Squaw Valley, United States
  • 1964 – Innsbruck, Austria
  • 1968 - Grenoble, France
  • 1972 – Sapporo, Japan
  • 1976 – Innsbruck, Austria
  • 1980 – Lake Placid, United States
  • 1984 – Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
  • 1988 – Calgary, Canada
  • 1992 – Albertville, France
  • 1994 – Lillehammer, Norway
  • 1998 – Nagano, Japan
  • 2002 – Salt Lake City, United States
  • 2006 – Turin, Italy
  • 2010 – Vancouver, Canada

1980 Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid

The Winter Olympic Games held in Lake Placid in 1980 were historic for American athletes. At those Games, American long-track speed skater Eric Heiden won all five speed-skating races. He was the first person to win five individual gold medals in any one Olympics. He also set either an Olympic or world record in each of those five races. In those same 1980 Winter Olympic Games, the United States "miracle" ice hockey team won a gold medal. The underdogs beat the Soviet Union in the semifinal round and went on to defeat Finland in the final round of the tournament.

Sports in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games

Both team and individual sports will be part of the Winter Olympic Games. Competitions in the following sports will take place in the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver:

  • Alpine Skiing
  • Biathlon
  • Bobsleigh
  • Cross-country skiing
  • Curling
  • Figure skating
  • Freestyle skiing
  • Ice Hockey
  • Luge
  • Nordic combined
  • Short-track speed skating
  • Skeleton
  • Ski jumping
  • Snowboarding
  • Speed skating (Long track)

Tune in to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games to watch Olympic history being made.

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The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo is billed as being legendary. What makes it legendary is the history of the show and how it got started. The show has become a world wide event, but it is the first thirty years that make the legend. And it all began in 1896 when the first Stock Show took place in March on the banks of Marine Creek in North Fort Worth. The second show was held October 12th and 13th of that same year to coincide with the National Livestock Exchange Convention meeting. Plus, on October 12, the first all western parade opens the Stock Show.

The turning of the century saw great changes as local commercial merchants become involved as exhibitors at the Stock Show, a tradition that has become a major factor throughout the years. In 1901 the Stock Show officially adopts name: Texas Fat Stock Show. Two years later in 1903 Armour and Swift meat packing companies relocate their plants to North Fort Worth and held their formal opening to coincide with opening of the Stock Show. 1904 brought Bill Pickett, “The Dusky Demon” who invented bulldogging to the show by demonstrated his “bulldogging” act at the Stock Show. The “Roundup” or ranch work was added in 1905 and billed as “Wild West Performance”; premiums and prizes are officially sought for first time from breed associations so that cash awards can be given.

Then in 1907 someone got the bright idea of the first admission charge: 25 cents! The Stock Show Association forms and adds the first formal horse show directly connected to the Stock Show. On October 4 of that year, the cornerstone is set for North Side Coliseum. The North Side Coliseum, site of the annual cattle show, was billed as “the most opulent and dynamic livestock pavilion in the entire Western Hemisphere.” The Coliseum featured enormous skylights, patriotic flags and bunting, and incandescent lights. The North Side Coliseum was completed as show’s headquarters in February and names Samuel Burk Burnett, founder of the famous 6666 Ranch, becomes the show’s president. The show opens under new name: National Feeders and Breeders Show.

The grand champion barrow was a prime specimen at the 1909 National Feeders and Breeders Show in north Fort Worth. The event later became known as the Fat Stock Show and is today called the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show. This is the first time the show runs concurrently with Texas Cattle Raisers Association Meeting. On March 15 the all western parade featuring almost 40 Comanche and Kiowa braves led by Chief Quanah Parker and was the first and last time prize show bulls are featured in parade.

Going to the horse show was a “fashion statement” in 1910. The latest fashions of the day were high crowned wide brimmed felt hats, high heeled boots and, for the ladies, split riding skirts. The first automobile exhibit opens at the Stock Show this year. 1911 produced Purebred cattle, such as the Hereford breed, and were represented at the first exhibition in north Fort Worth. On March 14 of that year, Theodore Roosevelt, former president of the United States, is guest of honor at the Stock Show.

1913 Baby Beef Clubs, the forerunners of 4-H Clubs, sprang up around the country in the ‘teens. The clubs aimed to involve youngsters in educational programs furthering the livestock industry. The first annual meeting was hosted in Fort Worth. The Stock Show’s evening performance opened by President Woodrow Wilson pushing a button in the White House, the button “turns on” the electric lights of the Coliseum. In 1916 the Miller Brothers Ranch Wild West Show was held in the Coliseum during Stock Show, featuring performers Zach and Lucille Mulhall, whom Will Rogers had named “the first cowgirl”. The following year Mulhall return with their version of a Wild West Show and the first “indoor cowboy riding contest” was staged.

1918 When the rodeo was added to the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show, crowds increased far more than expected. Opening day of the rodeo was the unquestioned highlight of the year for thousands of people. Stock Show adopts Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show as official name. The North Side Coliseum hosts the first indoor rodeo event as “a contest”; events include ladies’ bucking bronco, junior steer riding, men’s steer riding and bucking bronco.

1920 A bevy of glamour girls lined up by the stock pen fence at the Stock Show Rodeo. Tad Lucas became one of the world’s most famous cowgirls. And in 1920, Brahman bull riding was first introduced to the Stock Show and to the entire country by rodeo producer Verne Elliott. Then in 1922 Marion Samson Sr. becomes the Stock Show’s president. A year later Van Zandt Jarvis becomes the Stock Show’s president – he served for 17 years until his death in 1940. Side-release bucking chutes introduced by Verne Elliott, producer of the Stock Show’s rodeo in 1927 and are still used today by all rodeos across the country. Bareback Bronc riding was added to the rodeo events.

The first thirty years formed the legend and the next eighty made the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo the legendary event of today. For complete details of the Stock Show see their website